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Facing Extreme Mine Cooling Challenges

Mining is an industry under pressure. More than ever before, companies need to dig deeper and go further in more remote environments in order to get coal, precious metals, and minerals. As a result, the industry is facing dramatic ventilation and mine cooling challenges where reliable industrial chilling solutions like fluid chillers in Australia powered by CAT generators need to become increasingly customized and innovative in order to overcome these hazards. Extreme temperatures inside mines The temperature of a mine environment can be dramatic depending on the depth of the mine and the external environment itself. From temperatures of 40 degrees below freezing to a scorching 50 degrees above – something often experienced in Australian mines - effective temperature control is a matter of life or death for the people working in this environment. Mining equipment, although incredibly robust, also requires a level of temperature control. If it’s too hot or too cold, this

Put Safety First When You Hire Generators

CAT generators are a useful and reliable source of power for businesses and projects across a wide range of industries – but it’s critical that the right measures are put in place to ensure that they operate safely. When you hire generators for your business from CAT rental specialists, be sure to adhere to these guidelines and safety protocols.  Need to hire a generator? Get the right size   Before we go into general safety guidelines, the first and most important piece of advice is to ensure that you hire generators that offer the right capacity for the job at hand. Generators that are smaller may be more affordable, but overloading generators can easily result in power outages and damaged equipment.  When running CAT generators:  Ensure that the CAT rental generator is situated outdoors as the exhaust fumes are hazardous to your health. Even with windows open and fans moving the air, the exhaust fumes will quickly build up.  In order to ensure that no carbon

How to Store Energy from Commercial Rooftop Solar Systems

Going green and saving running costs is a priority for many Australian companies, and our sunny weather means that installing commercial rooftop solar systems is a popular choice for businesses and industrial sites. Solar panels are only one part of the equation, however – the other critical ancillary equipment is energy storage systems for the additional solar energy output from the panels themselves.   Why are solar energy storage solutions essential ancillary equipment?   There are several benefits of installing an energy system to support a commercial rooftop solar equipment, including:   Meeting electricity demand more effectively: Energy consumption isn’t consistent through the day and may change between very high demand (for example, through the middle of the day) to almost no demand at all (for example, the early hours of the morning), depending on your organisation’s needs. A battery system allows excess energy to be stored so that when demand increases, the b

How does a Generator Sets work?

Generators are essential to every business to keep them going even during power outages. These kinds of business troubles can cause a loss in revenue if left unattended. Generator sets , or most commonly known as gensets, are a combination of an electrical generator and an engine mounted machine combined in order to form single powerful equipment that can produce electrical power and serve as a source of uninterrupted power supply for businesses like construction or hospitals, etc. Normally, generator sets are used in sites or businesses that not connected to power, like mining sites, or used as power generators to supply emergency power especially if the power grid fails. During peak power usage hours, generator sets are good to use to decrease energy costs for the business. There are also different types of power generator or generator sets appropriate to your needs or the needs of a certain business. We have what we call EMD Generators or also known as electromotive dies